opportunity to stop this russian attack much earlier and whether the leak of information of michael flynn or others is indicative of a systemic problem. we have also reviewed whether there is any evidence to support president trump s claim that he was wiretapped by president obama in trump tower and found no eftd whatsoever to support that slanderous accusation. we hope that dr. comey can now put that matter to rest. today most of my colleagues will be exploring with the witnesses the potential involvement of u.s. persons in the russian attack in our democracy. this issue is least understood by the public. we realize of course that the witnesses may not be able to answer many of the questions in o open session. they may or may not be willing to disclose even whether there is an special, it is a matter of